The Collective

For those of you who watch Star Wars it's interesting how much Republicans resemble the Borg. There's a robotic, shared-consciousness aspect to the new Republicanism. They will also sacrifice themselves for a cause. It's a shame it's the wrong cause.

Our, American tradition is to sacrifice individualism only for a real threat and temporarily. Republicans had been trending another way--to achieve political power by thwarting individualism and inventing threats. And more so after the dramatic attack of 9/11.

There was no real threat. Some hicks sucker-punched us, as hicks are prone to do. Every culture has a backward element. We stupidly responded in-kind and on their, tribal terms, for reasons of Republican self-interest. What an utter failure of our system.